JUST SOME POSTS

One good thing about having done this now for over four years (!!) is that I have written about most everything common to our lives. With an election cycle in full swing I was going to write some election "stuff". However, I did a lot of it in 2007/8 and again in 2009/10 for the last two elections. So, to take advantage of that "work" I am just going to reference those posts. Some are attempts at humor and some are deadly serious. Here we go: My first "election" post. An attempt at humor about elections and the parties: http://justsomeposts.blogspot.com/2007/12/party-party-party.html Then a follow up to the same blog: http://justsomeposts.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-partying-and-such.html This one gets into specifics, some about the 2008 races: http://justsomeposts.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-one-gets-political-even-if-you-get.html This is the next post after the one above. Clarification and details: http://justsomeposts.blogspot.com/2008/10/follow...

This is borrowed from many websites - (with minor adjustments by me) Politics Explained FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes most of the milk. PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you exactly as much milk as you need. BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need. FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk at "market" prices. PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk. RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. You have...